Phantom power or nah?

[Triventular]

I have a generic condenser mic (bm-800) attached to a cheap external sound card and i noticed that, for me, the audio recorded was too weak for me. Would adding a phantom power supply to my audio setup increase the volume of the audio recorded? thanks. do so to tell me everything i said wrong cuz i'm not good with audio devices on pc.

[Dackzy]

it says that it needs phantom power and yes it would increase the volume. The behringer um2 would be a extremely cheap way to get phantom power and at the same time a external ADC

[Triventular]

1 minute ago, VegetableStu said:

if you can confirm that your mic is a condenser mic, you'd actually need the phantom power ._.

it says on the box its a condenser mic but my problem is its too weak cuz its only using xlr to 3.5

[Triventular]

3 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

it says that it needs phantom power and yes it would increase the volume. The behringer um2 would be a extremely cheap way to get phantom power and at the same time a external ADC

okay i'll take this into consideration thanks

[Bilal Sohail]

I had a bm-800 xlr to 3.5. It used to sound weird specially after i compared it with it running on phantom power. The quality increase was very much prominent. Same is the case with USB based microphones, if they support xlr then you should use it. That always end up increasing the sound quality. (to the best of my knowledge)

[.Apex.]

19 minutes ago, Triventular said:

it says on the box its a condenser mic but my problem is its too weak cuz its only using xlr to 3.5

XLR or not, condenser microphones need Phantom Power to function properly, they're designed that way.

[Triventular]

Just now, syn2112 said:

XLR or not, condenser microphones need Phantom Power to function properly, they're designed that way.

so i should buy phantom power for it?

[Sir Asvald]

1 minute ago, Triventular said:

so i should buy phantom power for it?

You need phantom power. I've got a similar mic. 

[.Apex.]

1 minute ago, Triventular said:

so i should buy phantom power for it?

yes ofc